Ironing board



y 1927' J; E. KALGREN IRONING BOARD Filed June 1922 [/v VENTOR JOHN E.KILqRE/V' 1 W Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,636,305 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. KALGREN, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,'ASSIGNOR T0 J. R. CLARK COM-PANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTAyA CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

IRONING BOARD.

Application filed June 16, 1922. Serial No. 568,807.

The object of my invention is to provide Y an ironing board ofcomparatively simple, inexpensive construction and at the same time firmand rigid when set up and in use.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinalter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a side view of an ironing board embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the board folded,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view showing the yielding button betweenthe legs and the bottom of the board,

F igure 4 illustrates the manner of engaging the brace between the endlegs and the bottom with the underside of the board.

In the drawing, 2 represents the ironing board top. 8 is a bracket,preferably of metal, secured to the top on the underside and havingdepending ears 4. 5 represents end legs pivotally connected at 6 to theears at and having cross bars 7 and 8 between the legs and diagonalbraces 9 connecting the middle point of the cross bar 8 with the legsadjacent the ends of the'bar 7. Rails 10 are arranged in parallelrelation and secured to the cross bars '7 and 8 and a brace 11 ispivotally connected at 12 to the rails 10 and has a beveled end 12 tofit against the underside of the board and the beveled surface 13 of ablock 14 that is secured to the board. A third. leg composed of rails 15having their end portions mounted on the same pivot boltsas the legs 5projects beyond the bar 3 and has beveled surfaces 16 for contact withyielding buttons 17 which are secured to the underside oi? the top. Atthe opposite end these rails 15 have a block 18 to contact with thefloor. A cross pin 19 is mounted in the rails 15 and when the board isset up, this pin is adapted to enter a notch 20 provided in the edge ofthe brace 11, thereby locking the parts securely together and resistingdownward pressure and preventing the tilting and twisting of the boards,which so often occurs in articles of this type as ordinarilyconstructed. The buttons yield as the board is set up, take up all lostmotion in the parts and insure a rigid substantial frame for the board.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. An ironing board comprising a top, and end legs pivotally connectedto the under side of the top, a middle leg composed of rails pivotallyconnected at their upper ends to the under side of the top concentricwith the pivots of said end legs, yielding bearings for the middle legon the under side of said top adjacent said pivots, the lower ends ofsaid middle leg rails being secured together and having a bearing uponthe floor, a brace pivot-ally connected at its lower end with the middleportion of said end legs and having its upper end adapted to bearagainst the under side of said top, and the middle of said brace and thecorresponding portion of said middle leg having means for interlockingwhen the parts are in operative position and being separable by downwardmovement of the upper end of the brace.

2. An ironing board comprising a top, end legs pivotally connected tothe underside of said top near one end, a middle leg composed of railspivotally connected at their upper ends to the underside of said topconcentric with the pivots of said end legs, the lower ends of saidmiddle leg rails being secured together and having a bearing upon thefloor and a brace pivotally connected at one end with the middle portionof said end legs and having an opposite end adapted to bear on theunderside of said top, the middle portion of said brace having anupwardly open ing notch therein and the rails of said mid-v dle leghaving a pin extending between them that is adapted to enter the notchin said brace when the board is'set up.

3. An ironing board comprising a top, a leg pivotally connected to theunder side of the top adjacent one end, a rail leg pivotally connectedto the under side of said top and having an end for contactwith the top,cushion means between the last named end and the top adapted to be undercompression when the rail leg is in supporting position, a bracepivotally connected at one end with said end leg and having a detachablelocking engagement with the board, said brace having an intermediatenotch, and said rail leg having a pinadapted to enter the notch when theboard is set up.

4, An ironing board comprising a top, a

strap secured to the under side thereof nearone end and having dependingends, a middle leg composed of rails pivotally connected at one end tothe depending ends of said strap and having their opposite endsiseeuredtogether, end legs having their upper ends pivotally connected to thedepending ends of said strap concentric with the pivots of the rails ofsaid middle leg, said end legs having rails between them, yieldingbuttons interposed between the upper ends of the rails of said middleleg and the under side of said top, a cross pin between the rails ofsaid middle leg, a brace pivotally connected at one end with the railsof said end legs and'having an upper end to engage the under side ofsaid top and fitting against a cross bar thereon, the middle portion ofsaid brace having a notch therein to receive said cross pin,'theengagement of said brace with said top and said cross pin operating tocompress the yielding means.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of June,1922.

JOHN E. KALG-REN.

